透析語法咬文嚼字：

1.With Miss Varens here and with you, we'll have quite a merry time of it.

解析1：此句中的with是“有”的意思，With Miss Varens here and with you意思是“有Varens小姐在和有你在”。

解析2：quiet這個副詞在此句子中做程度狀語，修飾形容詞merry。用它修飾形容詞時，它位于不定冠詞前面，不要位于形容詞前面。Quite a merry time不要用作a quite merry time。

解析3：have quite a merry time of it中of it是修飾time，it指代今年的冬天，度過今天冬天的愉快時光。

2.I'm sure that last winter, and what a severe one it was, if it didn't rain it snowed, if it didn't snow it blew.

解析：I'm sure that從語法的角度去看that后的從句是補語從句， that last winter, and what a severe one it was, if it didn't rain it snowed, if it didn't snow it blew是補充說明sure的情況。

3.When spring finally came, I thought it a great relief I hadn't gone distracted.

解析1：這個一個含有時間狀語從句的復合句。主句是I thought it a great relief I hadn't gone distracted，從句是When spring finally came。

解析2：主句中含有同位語從句，同位詞是relief，同位語從句是I hadn't gone distracted，這里省略了引導詞that。這個同位語從句補充說明名詞relief的具體內容。春天的來臨對于Fairfax來說是一種心理上不悅的解脫，這種解脫具體是什么呢？是春來的到來沒有使她沒有心煩意亂，心情恢復平靜。

4.I've had Martha lay a fire.

解析：had Martha lay a fire中have是使役動詞，它做謂語的結構是have sb do sth。再如：I have John bring you a cup of hot coffee.